Multilingual Dementia Care: Defining the Limits of Translanguaging

Autor/in	Wray, Alison
Titel	Multilingual Dementia Care: Defining the Limits of Translanguaging
Quelle	In: Language Awareness, 28 (2019) 3, S.227-245 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wray, Alison)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0965-8416
DOI	10.1080/09658416.2019.1636801
Schlagwörter	Dementia; Health Services; Multilingualism; Language Usage; Language Proficiency; Health Personnel; Caregivers; Nonverbal Communication; Second Languages; Intercultural Communication; Decision Making; Metalinguistics; Interpersonal Communication; Code Switching (Language); Language Impairments; Communication Problems; Residential Care; Second Language Learning; Immigrants + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demenz; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Sprachgebrauch; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Medizinisches Personal; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Second language; Zweitsprache; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Metalanguage; Metasprache; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Kommunikationsbarriere; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten
Abstract	In multi-ethnic contexts, it is not uncommon to find that dementia carers or their clients are using, as the medium for communication in care, a language in which they are not comfortable and/or are not fluent. In extreme cases, there could be no shared linguistic code at all. This article asks how feasible it is to provide adequate care with inadequate mutual language knowledge. In particular, it challenges the claims of some care-providers that nonverbal communication is a legitimate substitute for linguistic interaction. With reference to two recent models of aspects of communication, the article offers new insights into the necessary parameters for effective interaction. The conclusions have important implications for future decisions in dementia care. Meanwhile, the account extends the boundaries of "language awareness" by demonstrating the social importance of developing insights into linguistic practices in challenging contexts. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01